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- adjective Very satisfactory or acceptable; fine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective completely satisfactory.
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- adjective US
Fine ,excellent ,OK .
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- adjective completely satisfactory
Etymologies
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Word History: We know very little about the origin of the word copacetic, meaning "excellent, first-rate."
The WELL: West L.A. Fadeaway Robert Hunter 2006
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If copacetic is Creole French in origin, it would also have a Southern homeland.
The WELL: West L.A. Fadeaway Robert Hunter 2006
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I don't know if that's the right way to use the word copacetic, but I know what you mean and yes, got it.
MORE FROM GINNY BATES -- NO U-HAULS, JUST BORROW A FRIEND'S TRUCK Maggie Jochild 2007
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One of the few songs (in fact, I can't think of another off hand) bold enough to include "copacetic" and, with a flourish of daredevil panache, to rhyme it as well.
The WELL: West L.A. Fadeaway Robert Hunter 2006
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No consternation that most OGXers have found it more copacetic to turn conservatives (remember a Reagan Youth?); or instead to embrace what Baudrillard (a French Postmodern) would call a "soft ideologies" of ecologism as well as antiracism, instead of, say, amicable justice.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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No consternation which many OGXers have found it more copacetic to become conservatives (remember a Reagan Youth?); or instead to embrace what Baudrillard (a French Postmodern) would call a "soft ideologies" of ecologism as well as antiracism, instead of, say, social justice.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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The Apple fan-boy above is right in that Apple wants to work with its partners to assure that everything is copacetic.
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No consternation which many OGXers have found it more copacetic to become conservatives (remember a Reagan Youth?); or instead to embrace what Baudrillard (a French Postmodern) would call a "soft ideologies" of ecologism as well as antiracism, instead of, say, social justice.
The Original Generation X, 1954-63 by Joshua Glenn admin 2009
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On the outside, things will be less copacetic, as Nancy's plan to reunite her far-flung family won't go smoothly, as not everyone will want to see her.
Mega Buzz: Mentalist's Red John Dilemma, Weeds' Family Trials and Minds' Return 2011
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No consternation that most OGXers have found it more copacetic to turn conservatives (remember a Reagan Youth?); or instead to embrace what Baudrillard (a French Postmodern) would call a "soft ideologies" of ecologism as well as antiracism, instead of, say, amicable justice.
The Original Generation X, 1954-63 by Joshua Glenn admin 2009
seanahan commented on the word copacetic
And you just don't get it
you keep it copacetic
And you learn to accept it
You know it's so pathetic
September 13, 2007
reesetee commented on the word copacetic
I don't like this word. For more fascinating information, see copasetic.
September 13, 2007
five commented on the word copacetic
I've despised this word from the moment I first heard it. I don't really have any particular reason; it's just one of those words that makes me wince every time I hear it.
April 17, 2008
sionnach commented on the word copacetic
I hate this word!
April 25, 2008
moriza commented on the word copacetic
I don't like this word either its like saying copathetic
July 18, 2008
dontcry commented on the word copacetic
Isn't that funny -- I've always hated this word as well. I wonder why it has earned such disdain? There must be a common thread...
July 18, 2008
yarb commented on the word copacetic
It may be the kind of people who say it. I'd never encountered it until I read it in a (I think) James Lee Burke novel about five years ago, and I immediately thought it was coolissimo.
July 19, 2008
yarb commented on the word copacetic
Can't believe I just said "coolissimo".
July 19, 2008
shevek commented on the word copacetic
I don't even like this word enough to put it on my despise list.
July 19, 2008
seanahan commented on the word copacetic
You some kind of freak, Yarbissimo.
July 19, 2008
bilby commented on the word copacetic
Sounds like a prescription drug.
July 19, 2008
reesetee commented on the word copacetic
But yarb, James Lee Burke novels are coolissimo.
I'm just sayin'.
July 24, 2008
regster commented on the word copacetic
Another person checking in who discovered this word via a James Lee Burke novel.
August 2, 2009
bel1ght commented on the word copacetic
I have heard the word 'copacetic' was created by Louis Armstrong. Any truth, or any other attributions?
Thanks,
Barbara Lightheart
September 29, 2009
seanahan commented on the word copacetic
We have a true mystery on our hands. It certainly seems like some of the expressions are crazier than others. The Native American would be from Washington state, which is way outside the bounds of where it was used. The Yiddish also seems ridiculous. French is somewhat reasonable, especially given the usage in Louisiana by people like Satchmo. Without finding some 19th century writing (very unlikely), we will never know.
December 21, 2009
ricanlady commented on the word copacetic
Everyone else seemed to be confused, but for me- all was copacetic.
September 22, 2010